From 4ca8617bc9f5e30415e51c6777b0b2013b109f0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Peddell <klightspeed@killerwolves.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:43:42 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add option to automatically update on startup

---
 tools/arkmanager     | 8 +++++++-
 tools/arkmanager.cfg | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 7bb8aeb..32568f6 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -661,6 +661,12 @@ doStart() {
   if isTheServerRunning; then
     echo "The server is already running"
   else
+    if [ "$arkAutoUpdateOnStart" == "true" ]; then
+      if ! [[ " $* " =~ " --noautoupdate " ]]; then
+        echo "Updating server"
+        doUpdate --update-mods
+      fi
+    fi
     tput sc
     echo "The server is starting..."
 
@@ -1075,7 +1081,7 @@ doUpdate() {
 
     # we restart the server only if it was started before the update
     if [ $serverWasAlive -eq 1 ]; then
-      doStart
+      doStart --noautoupdate
     fi
   else
     echo "Your server is already up to date! The most recent version is ${bnumber}."
diff --git a/tools/arkmanager.cfg b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
index 9d8533a..fbee577 100644
--- a/tools/arkmanager.cfg
+++ b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ arkserverexec="ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux/ShooterGameServer"        # name of AR
 arkbackupdir="/home/steam/ARK-Backups"                              # path to backup directory
 arkwarnminutes="60"                                                 # number of minutes to warn players when using update --warn
 arkautorestartfile="ShooterGame/Saved/.autorestart"                 # path to autorestart file
+arkAutoUpdateOnStart="false"                                        # set this to true if you want to always update before startup
 arkBackupPreUpdate="false"                                          # set this to true if you want to perform a backup before updating
 #arkStagingDir="/home/steam/ARK-Staging"                            # Uncomment to enable updates to be fully downloaded before restarting the server (reduces downtime while updating)
 

From 49a2b029bc4fafdf4059ef2d0e34518fc1e7c2e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Peddell <klightspeed@killerwolves.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:51:32 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add `--noautoupdate` option to start and restart

---
 tools/arkmanager | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 32568f6..e5875f8 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ while true; do
         doRun
       ;;
       start)
-        doStart
+        doStart "${options[@]}"
       ;;
       stop)
         doStop shutdown "${options[@]}"
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ while true; do
     for instance in "${instances[@]}"; do
     (
       useConfig "$instance"
-      doStart
+      doStart "${options[@]}"
       echo "`timestamp`: start" >> "$logdir/$arkmanagerLog"
       echo "`timestamp`: restart" >> "$logdir/$arkmanagerLog"
     )